The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
Genera, and miscellaneous.

| The Union Pacific road has about G, 500 share
holders. having lost only 300 in the three and
| one half years since dividends were suspended.
| The Pullman company now EMPLOYS upwards
| of g. 900 persons. running daily 1890 cars. In
the last twelve months their have carried
3,0S5. PAP passengers.
| The Pullman company is placing some elegant
sleeping coaches the Erie & Boston line,
| the coaches running between Chicago and Bos-
| ton via the Hoosac Tunnel route.
the New York Central company is endeavor-
ing arrange with the Southern Pacific COM
pany for the checking of baggage through TO
San Francisco and other Pacific coast points.
The Western and Northwestern roads brought
into Chicago in October 20,810 carloads of
| grain. against q, DOC in October, 1886 and
| against 81, 1877 the corresponding period 1885
| The Philadelphia 6 Reading Septembe state
| ment, although not up to the wild and impos-
sible estimates of some of the financial papers.
has shown money gaining power almost I'M
paraleled in the history of commerce.
The city of Knoxville has voted to subscribe
100000 to the Carolina, Knoxville & Western
railroad 1t is run from Port Royal to
Augusta aud thence to Knoxville, and is ex-
pected to be completed within eighteen months
The annual report of the Boston & Albany
railroad gives its total receipts for the year at
SIS, 925, 745. The table of accidents shows 2
passengers killed and % injured; Is employees
killed and 231 injured; Is other persons killed
and SO injured.
Bradstreet's gives the earnings per mile of
sixty four roads for nine months showing
increase of 6 per cent last year, ia per
cent over 1885, and 2 per cent. over 1884 The
feature is the decrease per mile by granger and
Southwestern roads.
The amount of railroad bonds on which inter-
will be paid this month reaches 1924 SOC, 900,
and the interest So 087 252 or So 507, $50 great
er than in November, 1886. Dividends will be
paid 1878, 628, 822 OF stock. the payments be-
ing 81, 865, 097, about 81, 000,0 900 larger than
last year.
The New York g New England road has
three of its trains equipped with steam heating
afuo rinfo 6anfP 1atf that hA
has doubt that steam from the locomotive is
to be the future agent for heating passenger
trains, which he thinks will not only be safer
but more economical than the old methods.
Dissatisfied stockholders of the Memphis &
Charleston railroad have filed bill in equity
against the East Tennessee, Virginia e. Georgia,
the lessee, charging gross mismapagement, and
asking for injunction preventing the East
Tennessee voting at the coming election
on LOG. 251 shares of Memphis s. Charleston
stock.
When the general passenger agents of the
transcontinental lines again resume their con-
ference, the first subject to receive considera-
ton will be the abolition oe com missions. It's
the intention to take some decided action to
curb the rate-cutting propensites of the San
Francisco agents An effort will be made to do
away entirely with commissions.
The New York, New Haven s. Hartford is
building round-house at Springfield,
Mass. Five hundred carloads of granite have
been used in the walls and foundations. The
building will be heated by steam. The locomo-
tives will into their stalls head first and the
sTnoke-stacks will be the outside rim of the
building The building is very solidly built,
and is estimated to cost over $3.50, 900.